The time of popular sovereignty : process and the democratic state /

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"Examines the concept of the people and the problems it raises for liberal democratic theory, constitutional theory, and critical theory. Argues that the people should be conceived not as simply a collection of individuals, but as an ongoing process unfolding in time"--Provided by publishe...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ochoa Espejo, Paulina, 1974-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2011.
Subjects:
Constituent power.
Sovereignty.
Democracy.
Souveraineté.
Pouvoir constituant.
sovereignty.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Democracy.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the time of the people
  • The mob and the people in Mexico : a historical example of the indeterminacy of popular unification
  • A problem in liberal democratic theory : the indeterminacy of popular unification
  • Mechanical and teleological conceptions of the people
  • A dynamic constitutionalism and historical time
  • The people between change and stability
  • Creative freedom and the people as process
  • A democratic people as process
  • Conclusion : radical realism.

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